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early morning risers ready for the smiley face conjunction?

Started by pat in los angeles basin , Apr 20 2025 08:41 PM

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#1 pat in los angeles basin

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Posted 20 April 2025 - 08:41 PM

Venus, Saturn and the Moon are going to make a smiley face on 25 April.

https://www.google.c...chrome&ie=UTF-8

Pat

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#2 jupiter122

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Posted 20 April 2025 - 09:07 PM

It won’t look like most of the pictures you may have seen on the internet, because Saturn will only shine at magnitude .8, far dimmer than Venus.

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#3 pat in los angeles basin

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Posted 20 April 2025 - 09:15 PM

I'll settle for the winking version then! If I can get that much in the Los Angeles basin I'll be happy. Pat

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#4 a.palfreyman

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Posted 21 April 2025 - 06:12 AM

; )
Sorry, couldn't resist...

Edited by a.palfreyman, 21 April 2025 - 06:12 AM.

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#5 xmarkanthonyx

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Posted 21 April 2025 - 12:23 PM

HI PAT !!!!!!!!!!! It's Mark in Fort Worth. I will be out to watch this as well. I will say that our Sunday night the 20th, located 23 miles NNW of Fort Worth was a GREAT NIGHT for Astronomy !! It had rained Fri/Sat off-and-on...Sunday it cleared and the winds died down to near zero. It was also cooling from 70s down to 50s so moisture was also coming out of the air. Looked for some Lyrid meteors...and I saw about 10 in about 90 minutes.

I'll be out on the 25th if weather permits...more rain this week

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#6 xmarkanthonyx

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Posted 21 April 2025 - 12:26 PM

Pat, I'll be here on the 25th : https://astronomy.un...my-center.html

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#7 skyops

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Posted 21 April 2025 - 01:02 PM

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Early morning eastern haze has prevented seeing Saturn or Mercury from here, and conditions not likely to improve by then, alas.

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#8 jcj380

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Posted 21 April 2025 - 01:13 PM

I'll have to check the altitude with SS or Stellarium. I have a house and some trees east of me that block my horizon.

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#9 Alan French

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Posted 21 April 2025 - 01:32 PM

Venus, Saturn and the Moon are going to make a smiley face on 25 April.

https://www.google.c...chrome&ie=UTF-8

Pat

The view from LA 30 minutes before sunrise. With Venus and Saturn just over 4 degrees apart, and almost 6 degrees from the Moon, the crescent Moon "smile" will be a bit small compared to the separation of the eyes. In spite of not really a good smiley face - odd that it has been portrayed that way - it should a pretty sight with a good view east and clear skies.

Alan

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#10 GADify

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Posted 22 April 2025 - 02:46 PM

Too many trees where I am. Also, mornings and i don't really get along very well.

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#11 pat in los angeles basin

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Posted 22 April 2025 - 03:58 PM

Also, mornings and i don't really get along very well. smile.gif

We ALL have our bears to cross (if I'm permitted to mangle a phrase) Regards, Pat

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#12 Terra Nova

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Posted 23 April 2025 - 09:22 AM

Venus, Saturn and the Moon are going to make a smiley face on 25 April.

https://www.google.c...chrome&ie=UTF-8

Pat

My tentative plans are to most likely be unconscious! :lol:

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#13 Dale Smith

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Posted 23 April 2025 - 09:43 AM

My tentative plans are to most likely be unconscious!

Likewise

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#14 gwlee

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Posted 23 April 2025 - 10:59 AM

Too many trees in the forest here prevent viewing the horizon.

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#15 brentwood

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Posted 24 April 2025 - 02:21 PM

It will look NOTHING like the pictures I saw of it! I tried it on Stellarium on both days and also what it would look like from further South, LA.

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#16 bob kelly

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Posted 25 April 2025 - 11:02 AM

This morning overlooking Long Island Sound from Rye, New York.

Lines added to show Venus (near top) and Saturn (lower right) from Moon.

More at my substack site... https://bkellysky.su...ace-conjunction

Canon XS on tripod with 55-250mm zoom lens at 55mm and f/4 for two seconds at ISO 200.

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#17 Sebastian_Sajaroff

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Posted 25 April 2025 - 02:46 PM

I saw this morning (5:15 AM) from home.

Last evening, weather forecast were very poor, however sky was clear between 5 AM and 7 AM.

Venus was obviously visible, the Moon was reddish and half hidden by trees, by 5:25 could glimpse Saturn with my 12x36 binoculars.

It was a beautiful conjunction

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#18 pat in los angeles basin

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Posted 25 April 2025 - 04:11 PM

nothing from Long Beach coastal- solid clouds with a couple sucker holes to the west..... Poor odds to begin with as this time of year is commonly in the clouds till possibly noon.. Pat

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#19 skyops

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Posted 25 April 2025 - 09:06 PM

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I was fortunate to be able to see it, but not from home. I traveled to the desert to ride my off-road motorcycle, leaving early enough to take advantage of any clear skies, if available:

My handheld camera certainly did not capture the beauty of it, but you get the idea. Some clouds drifting over the Moon.